Perspective on the Dockblock
An interesting post from David Alpert at Greater Greater Washington:
Transit has more capacity at peak times when there are more vehicles. It costs money to run a vehicle, so you run it when there’s demand. Therefore, bus lines in particular are far more…
Language Decline
Mark of a Great Musician
Marco Benevento, quoted in JamBase on the occasion of Page McConnell’s 50th birthday:
He’s real subtle and can support every musical idea you may throw into a improvisation very graciously.
What’s the Alternative to Hope?
Studs Terkel, via The Writer’s Almanac:
“With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, ‘Studs, you’re an optimist.’ I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what’s the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you…
Superorganisms
Michael Pollen, in the New York Times:
I can tell you the exact date that I began to think of myself in the first-person plural — as a superorganism, that is, rather than a plain old individual human being.
I remember when I first made this realization…
#Dockblocked
Denied parking at three Capital Bikeshare stations downtown this morning. Such a bummer.
